The Scouts (1-0) picked up their first win of the season against Palatine (0-1) in the Carmel Quad match on Monday, March 12. The Scouts shutout the Corsairs by a score of 3-0, highlighted by a great defensive effort by sophomore goalie Sophia DiVagno.

The goals were scored by senior forward Kylie Murray, junior forward Ainsley Allan, and junior defender Ashley Bufe. The Scouts take on the reigning state champs, the Carmel Corsairs, tonight in Mundelein at 7:15.

The Scouts participated in the Plainfield North Invitational this Saturday, March 10. The varsity team took home one event win this weekend as senior Landon Edwards won the high jump with a leap of 6’4”. He also finished 4th in the triple jump with a 42’6” and was rewarded with Athlete of the Week by the team. The Scouts took sixth out of sixteen competing teams in the invitational.

Their next meet will be the Nelson – Daniels Classic, Saturday, March 17, at University of Wisconsin – Whitewater. Come out to the Lake Bluff Chipotle tonight to support the LFHS Boys Track and Field team from 4:00 – 8:00 PM.

The girls lacrosse team is coming off a record-setting season (17-9) in 2017 and one of the furthest advancements in school history under Coach Catanzaro. They finished their season with a 17-9 loss to Hinsdale Central in the IHSLA Super-Sectional a season ago at Hinsdale. They lose seven seniors from last year’s squad, including Grace Payne, Tara St. Amand, Kat Ragusa, Tori Salanty, Libby Thompson, Erica Jones, and Sarah Steindl.

The Scouts return 15 members from last year’s team, including three college commits. The three committed seniors, Grace Geraghty, who has committed to Wofford College; Kara Antonucci, an Arizona State University commit; and Audrey Kaus, a University of Chicago signee, will lead the Scouts from the front this season.

The captains for this year’s team have yet to be announced, but will likely be among the group’s seniors. Some players to watch out for are senior Ginger Leonardi, junior Addie Sidles, and freshman Blythe Karras. The offense will eventually be led by elite scorer Kara Antonucci, who will be sitting out the initial competitions of the season due to undisclosed reasons, along with Geraghty, Kaus, and Caroline Skinner, all of whom are returning for their fourth year of varsity lacrosse.

The defense will be led by seniors Olivia Douglass, a three-sport varsity athlete in her senior year; Catherine Nicholson, an All-State field hockey player and University of Iowa signee; and junior Addie Sidles, who also helped the Scouts earn a IHSFHA State Championship this fall.

Though the newly-sanctioned IHSA State Championships on June 1-2 at Hinsdale Central High School are a long way off as of yet, the Scouts have as talented a returning core group as any in the state of Illinois. With their seniors leading the way, Coach Catanzaro looks to pull the unprecedented feat of winning two state titles in the same school year.

The Lake Forest High School boys tennis team loses four seniors, a junior, and a fourth place finishing duo in doubles at the IHSA State semifinals last year. The Scouts lost the two members of the doubles duo, Jack Armstrong, who graduated in 2017, and Connor Polender, who graduated early from LFHS to pursue his golf career in Florida. The three other graduating seniors from last year’s team were Reed Burke, Riccardo Falleti, and Jack Lazarus. With all of those players gone, many new opportunities will be seized by Lake Forest’s talented group of players

This year’s squad returns seniors Jack Pasquella and Daniel Beedle, who also made it to state for doubles last May. Two other members of the returning team that participated in the IHSA State Finals were juniors Will Zordani and Oleski Vyshyvanyuk. Coach Corky Leighton and Coach Scott Gilbert also both return for the Scouts after leading the Scouts to their first state trophy since back-to-back-to-back trophies in ‘12 (3rd), ‘13 (2nd), and ‘14 (2nd).

The captains for this year’s team are seniors Drew Arnson, Jack Pasquella, and Sam Warren. Yusef Alsikafi and Daniel Beedle are three year varsity players who will be looking to have their most successful seasons yet at the varsity level. Some players to watch are returning seniors Pasquella, Beedle, and Alsikafi, as well as Junior Will Zordani.

The roster will not be finalized until tryouts are finished in March, but captain Drew Arnson says, “This years team has a good combination of youth and experience and should be making some noise in May.”

Two sophomore teams teams make up this year’s Freshman Sophomore League Intramural Championship. The Rebellion are led by big man Charlie Aberle and guard Charlie Marks. They will take on the Milkmen, led by guards Breck Nowik and Connor Morrison. The Milkmen took home the regular season matchup, but the Rebellion look for revenge tonight at 5:30 in the competition gym.

6:30 p.m. – (Juniors) Nabores vs Ghetto Cowboys

The Nabores, led by sharpshooters Will Manzer and Charlie Anderson, will take on the reigning 2017 intramural champions. The Cowboys are led by Danny Fisher, but will be without one of their leading scorers, George Schoettle, in tonight’s game. One of the most exciting players to watch, high-flyer Kevin Lamp, will be seen throwing down powerful dunks for the Cowboys in this matchup.

7:30 p.m. – (Girls) It’s Brittany Swish vs Baby Got Backboards

The Girls league Championship features two senior squads. The Swish are led by former high school basketball player Casey Slingerland. Another key member to the team is senior Ellie Thomas. The Swish will bring an aggressive attack against the fast-paced Backboards. The Backboards are led by field hockey stars Catherine Nicholson and Madden Plante.

8:30 p.m. – (Seniors) Team Kyle Wix vs KFC Buckets

Team Kyle Wix enters its fourth consecutive Lake Forest High School Intramural League Championship as they take on the KFC Buckets. This is a rematch of last year’s Junior Championship where TKW took home their third straight championship. TKW is led by Ryan Lee and Cade Coughlin, but will be without key big man, Adam Johnson. The Buckets are led by stretch four Joe Chamberlain and their backcourt of Jake Danneker and Andrew Gough. Come out to see the most anticipated matchup of the night. TKW is rumored to start a petition regarding LFHS Athletic Wall of Fame inclusion pending a four-peat.

BARRINGTON, ILL.–On a weekend when most LFHS athletic events were cancelled due to inclement weather, senior Caleb Durbin warmed up to the competition at the IHSA 3A wrestling Sectional hosted by Barrington High School.

It was a long day on the mat for Durbin, who battled through the 160 lb. bracket–notorious for being one of the toughest weight classes in high school wrestling–all the way to a fourth place finish, good enough to qualify for the IHSA State meet. Durbin won his first match of the day over Andy Polk of Buffalo Grove. From there, he lost a tough battle to David Ferrante (41-7) of Huntley, but got back on the winning track in the consolation bracket over Austin Johnson (10-6) of Dekalb. Then Durbin got rolling. In his next match, he defeated his opponent from Wheeling by tech fall, then edged out Brock Emmerich of Deerfield, who boasted a (31-7) record on the season, by a decision of 6-5 in the “blood round,” meaning that the winner goes on to state and the loser’s season is over. Though Durbin fell in his final match of the day, a 7-1 decision against Fremd’s Adam Kemp (28-16), his 4-2 record on the day in a loaded bracket has propelled him to the IHSA State Final tournament next weekend in Champaign, Illinois.

The other competing wrestlers for the Scouts, Bennett Duggan (106 lbs.) and Quinn Dailey (132 lb.) both had great days on the mat but fell just short of qualifying for the state tournament. Duggan, who won his first match over Prospect’s Marcus Santos (9-6), lost to Rockford’s Saw Htoo (24-16) in the winner’s bracket in round two. Once he found himself in the consolation bracket, Duggan battled to a win over McHenry’s Zachary Seymour (8-12) before falling to Hersey’s Zach Joyce (7-7) by tech fall to bounce him from the tournament.

Dailey, a senior fighting valiantly to extend his high school wrestling career, beat Jacobs’ Dominic Tenyuca in round one, but fell at the hands of Wheeling’s Brian Madrigal (10-10) in a 7-2 decision. In the consolation bracket, Dailey fought for his life, winning consecutive matches against Rolling Meadows’ Eric Morales and Rockton-Honnenegah’s Mason Schew. In the “blood round,” Daily came out on the short end of a tough 5-3 decision against Rockford’s Dontrell Johnson, ultimately ending the senior’s high school career one win short of the state final tournament at 132 lbs.

Once the bracket is released for Durbin, The Forest Scout will fill you in as he looks to be the second Durbin to place in the IHSA State Final wrestling tournament in Champaign. Caleb Durbin’s older brother, Regis, was the 2013 IHSA AAA State Champion at 195 lbs., the only Lake Forest Scouts state champion in the school’s history.

The Lake Forest Scouts boys lacrosse team is coming off a state semifinal loss to Loyola Academy a year, cutting their season one game short of the state final. From that team, however, the Scouts lose 13 seniors, including Jack Adams, Davis Khalili, and Cole Johnston from a year ago, but return 21 players from their (15-5) squad.

The captains for this year’s team are seniors Jack Mislinski, Adam Johnson, Jack VanHyfte, Chris Cavalaris, and junior George Schoettle. Their team is led by attackmen Jack Mislinski, the varsity quarterback from this year’s Scouts football team. He finished last year with 84 points, which is an accumulation of goals and assists combined. Another headlining member of the starting attack line returns, 6’7” senior Mead Payne, who finished second in points last year with 56. Finishing up the attack group will most likely be sophomore Nathaniel Field, who returns after being the lone freshman on the team last year.

The midfield group is the deepest part of this year’s squad, with six returning players from last year’s state semifinalist group. These include faceoff specialist, George Schoettle, Luke Milliman, Jack VanHyfte, Owen Clarke, Bobby Winebrenner, Matthew Barigazzi, and Chris Cavalaris, who recently made the switch from attack to help suit the team’s lineup. The defense brings back two returning starters in Adam Johnson and Tommy Henry, both of whom were valuable a year ago. The goalie competition, as it stands now, is between Alex Thoms and John Walsh. Watch out for freshman attackman Connor Armstrong who looks to make an impact in his first year with the Scouts.

Boys lacrosse will officially become an IHSA-sanctioned sport in 2018, which will undoubtedly add a wrinkle to the depth of teams involved in the IHSA State Tournament come May. The Scouts are coached by Mark Thiergart, who is in his fourth season as the Scouts head coach. According to three-year varsity player Chris Cavalaris, this year’s team, “has a lot of returning talent and is looking to make a deep run in the state playoffs. We hope to bring home the school’s first IHSA State trophy.”

Both of these teams are travelling to West Campus from Ohio to face off against the Scouts. Both teams possess great talent and are widely heralded in the Ohio lacrosse scene as they have won numerous state championships.

4/19 vs. New Trier

The defending state champs are coming into West Campus to take on this veteran Scouts group. Come watch to see two of the favorites for this year’s crown compete in regular season action.

5/1 vs Saint Viator

Come out to see a rivalry matchup between the Lions and the Scouts, two teams who were featured in two highly competitive games last year. The Lions took home the regular season win by three, while the Scouts won the road playoff game by one.

GURNEE, Ill.– Last Saturday at Warren High School, three LFHS wrestlers were able to advance to the IHSA Sectional competition. Freshman Bennett Duggan and seniors Quinn Dailey and Caleb Durbin all made their way far enough into their respective brackets to qualify for Sectional competition.

Duggan, a freshman who wrestled in the 106 lb. bracket, beat a competitor from Grant before losing to an opponent from Warren in the final. Dailey, a senior who wrestled at 132 lbs., used a first round bye to rest up, then took down opponents from Round Lake and Grant in consecutive rounds before losing to a rival from Libertyville in the final.

All three wrestlers will take the mat this Saturday oat the IHSA Barrington Sectional. Duggan will face Marcus Santos (15-6) from Prospect in his opening round match. Dailey will face Dominic Tenyuca (19-13) from Jacobs, and Durbin will face Andy Polk (23-13) from Buffalo Grove in their opening round matches.

The Scouts are coming off another record-setting season in which they have tied the school record for dual wins. This year’s team features a lot of underclassmen, but are led by seniors Caleb Durbin and Quinn Dailey. Durbin is having a phenomenal senior campaign in which he was voted by the coaches as the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Lisle tournament (the Scouts won the tournament as a team as well) and has already set three school records and is looking to break a fourth. They look to continue their success in the IHSA Regional this Saturday at Warren.

The Scouts’ lineup for the Warren Regional is as follows:

106: Bennett Duggan (Fr. 32-70)

113: Morgan Cottam (So. 9-130

126: Jackson Meadow (So. 20-11)

132: Quinn Dailey (Sr. 33-6)

138: TJ Cottam (Jr. 24-10)

145: Jack Heydorn (So. 19-21)

152: Sebastian Starks (Fr. 8-3)

160: Caleb Durbin (Sr. 32-6)

170: Truman Thuente (Fr. 0-0)

182: Nick Kovanda (Sr. 21-16)

In order to advance to Sectionals next week, each individual must place in the top three of the regional tournament.

ANITOCH, Ill.–The Lake Forest Scouts Varsity Wrestling team was able to muster an 11th place finish out of 17 competing schools in the Lake County Invitational hosted by Antioch High School this past Saturday. Though NSC foes Stevenson, Libertyville, Mundelein, and Zion-Benton paced the tournament field with a 1-2-3-4 finish, the Scouts were the next North Suburban Conference team in the standings at 11th place.

LISLE, Ill.–The Varsity Wrestling has returned to its winning ways and just might be performing as steadily as it has been all season. On Saturday, the Scouts took to the mats in west suburban Lisle and came out on top of the seven teams competing in the tournament.

The Scouts outperformed Evergreen Park, St. Rita, Nazareth, Streamwood, Westmont, and the host school, Lisle, en route to a tournament championship. Senior Caleb Durbin was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler. Durbin also set the LFHS Tech Falls in a Season record. The Washington University baseball commit has been a rock for the Scouts this season, and will be crucial for the Scouts in the closing stretch of the season as they attempt to break the single-season dual wins record.

The Scouts participated in two quad meets over winter break, one at Lakes High School and the other at home.

The home quad consisted of Loyola Academy, Kelly, and Glenbrook North. The Scouts defeated Loyola and Kelly, but fell short against Glenbrook North. The Lakes meet was against Grayslake Central and Bremen High School, but Bremen did not show up. The Scouts lost to Grayslake, but defeated Lakes in the last match with a win from senior Caleb Durbin.

The Scouts have now won 13 matches and are well on their way to breaking the school record of 16 wins. The Scouts are looking to add to their wins with a match against Zion-Benton in the Beehive tonight. They also have a quad meet this weekend at Round Lake.

Daniel Dennis, a former Olympic Wrestler, visited the Scouts practice on Thursday to give some tips and motivation to the team.

He attended Grant High School along with wrestling coach Matt Fiordirosa, where he was a two-time Illinois state runner up . His esteemed high school career led to his college career at the University of Iowa, where he was a two-time All American for the Hawkeyes, including a stunning last second defeat in the 2010 NCAA Finals match.

Following his defeat, he checked out from wrestling for a couple years and moved around the western United States coaching wrestling. When he returned to wrestling, he made two national teams in 2015 and 2016. He qualified for the 2016 Olympics but was eliminated in the first round by Vladimir Dubov. Dennis has also won the University Nationals Championship, the Grand Prix of Spain in 2015.

RICHMOND, Ill.– The boys wrestling team is off to a great start for the third year in a row. After losing their dual meet to Warren, one of the better teams in the NSC, 48-16 on Friday night in Lake Forest, the Scouts responded by taking home third place as a team in the Richmond-Burton Invitational.

Senior Quinn Dailey paced the Scouts to victory, winning the 132 lb. weight class in dominating fashion. Dailey also picked up the win on Friday night, defeating Warren’s Gino Ortiz 8-4. Sophomore Jackson Meadow and senior Caleb Durbin took home second place finishes for the Scouts.

Lake Forest returns to the mat this Friday vs. Libertyville–widely regarded as one of the area’s best teams–on the road.

Other winner’s from Friday night’s dual meet win with Warren included TJ Cottam (145 lbs.), who won 8-3 over Angel Gonzalez, Chase Waggoner (170 lbs.), who finished 8-0 over Kern Matias, and Nicolos Kovanda (182 lb.) who won by tech fall over Harr Logan.

The Scouts (5-4) host the Warren Blue Devils for their first conference matchup. The Scouts are coming off a 4th place finish at the Carmel Dual Team Tournament. They are looking to take down the school record of 16 dual meet wins in a season and their fast start has them poised to do so. Caleb Durbin was a top performer in the tournament a week ago as he defeated his opponent by tech fall (slaughter rule by points), and is looking to break the school record for most tech falls in a season.

The Blue Devils, the Scouts’ opponent today, have a new head coach this year and a strong freshman group. They look to test the Scouts to start conference play in their NSC opener. Matches start at 5:30 in the field house.

In only its second year of existence, the LFHS Varsity Tennis Alumni Tournament is quickly becoming a favorite for LFHS Tennis alumni and their families. The alumni players who participated this past Friday ranged from the Class of 2017 through the Class of 1969.

Several members of the current varsity team also played in the tournament while team captain and current senior Jack Pasquella welcomed the players, thanked the donors, and awarded the winners their prizes. This year, LFHS Junior Oleksi Vyshyvanyuk and LFHS Graduate William Martin (’12) won first place! Jack Lunn (’16) and Ben Kasbeer (’15) were the runners up in the tournament. The tournament is traditionally played the morning after Thanksgiving–so that many years of alumni can attend the event while visiting home during the Thanksgiving holiday–at The Racquet Club of Lake Bluff.

The tournament is designed to promote fellowship, but there is a small fundraising aspect to the event as well. The players pay an entrance fee and, after court fees and expenses, any surplus is used to kick off the upcoming varsity team fund. The LFHS Varsity Tennis team, who is coached by Head Coach Corky Leighton and assisted by Mr. Scott Gilbert, has been one of LFHS’ most perennially successful teams. Their alumni network is strong and thriving, as evidenced by the great tournament and overall event hosted this past weekend.

The lone wrestler to ever take home the IHSA State Championship crown, 2014 Lake Forest High School graduate Regis Durbin is now a redshirt junior for the Northwestern Wildcats. After completing an undefeated senior season at 195 lbs., Durbin is now listed at 185 lbs. Far removed from his days as the Lake Forest Scouts quarterback in the fall season, Durbin has posted a career dual meet record of 6-20 for the Wildcats in his three-year career, but won his first bout of the season over Landon Pelham of Central Michigan.

Durbin, whose father, Regis Sr. also wrestled at Northwestern, is looking to build on his early season victory to parlay his efforts into a more consistent role in the Wildcats’ starting lineup. The Wildcats are coached by Matt Storniolo, who is in his second year as Head Coach.

Keegan Kullby took his time deciding on his college future in his senior year. It was until early May that Kullby, a standout student and athlete at LFHS in 2016, decided that Columbia, South Carolina would be his home for the next four years. An exceptional soccer player for the Scouts under Head Coach Rob Parry, Kullby decided on continuing his athletic successes at the SEC school in central South Carolina.

In his freshman year for the Gamecocks, Kullby was dealt a dose of unfortunate adversity, suffering a season-ending injury in the Gamecocks’ home-opener versus their in-state rival, Clemson. This year, with a new ACL and a positive attitude, the 5’8″, 162 lb. midfielder is back and is regaining his form on the pitch. The Gamecocks are currently (4-8-1) on the season and despite struggling in SEC play (0-4-1), the team is looking to rebound after putting a difficult stretch of games–including contests against #14 FIU, #20 Clemson, and #2 Wake Forest–behind them.

This season, Kullby has played in four games, starting in two of them, and is earning his keep at the midfield position for the Gamecocks. Check out the video below to catch Kullby giving Gamecock fans a tour of the university’s soccer facilities.